Beseech
[bɪ'siːtʃ] or [bɪ'sitʃ]
Definition
(v. t.) To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore.
(n.) Solicitation; supplication.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Entreat, beg, implore, supplicate, petition, conjure, ADJURE, pray to.[2]. Solicit, ask, petition for, pray for, beg for.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Entreat, pray, solicit, ask, implore, crave, request, supplicate, petition,beg
ANT:Insist, demand, exact, intimidate, command, coerce
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Definition
v.t. to entreat to implore (as a person for a thing or to do a thing): to ask or pray earnestly: to solicit—(Spens.) Beseeke′:—pa.t. and pa.p. besought′.—ns. Beseech′er; Beseech′ing.—adv. Beseech′ingly.—ns. Beseech′ingness; Beseech′ment.
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Examples
- Then I beseech you, Mr Wrayburn, I beg and pray you, leave this neighbourhood. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I beseech you before I go, not perhaps to return, once more to let me press the hand from which I have received nothing but kindnesses all my life. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I used to rise in the night, look round for her, beseech her earnestly to return. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Tell your tyrannical master, I do only beseech him to dismiss the Lady Rowena in honour and safety. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I beseech you to tell me how everything was, said Dorothea, fearlessly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Do, I beseech you, think of that! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The lady was at the farther end of the room, and once she ventured to wave her hand, as if beseeching my uncle's assistance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The wretched young man arose, and with a last beseeching glance at us walked from the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Suddenly she raised her eyes with the beseeching earnestness of a child. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He left here,' said Traddles, 'with his mother, who had been clamouring, and beseeching, and disclosing, the whole time. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The beseeching words were aided by a beseeching gesture and a more beseeching look. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But the girl's voice was in his ear, beseeching him in such tones of agony to remember her, that he had not the heart to utter it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Her silence besought an explanation of him more loudly than words. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- That worthy lady being unable to obtain one, and being steadfastly denied admission, Mr Meagles besought Arthur to essay once more what he could do. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I besought her to look up. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Again, stepping nearer, he besought her with another tremulous eager call upon her name. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He besought Monseigneur not to enrage himself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- If it could not be done with Mr. Mills's sanction and concurrence, I besought a clandestine interview in the back kitchen where the Mangle was. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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